Years of archaeology, just chillin' by the water cooler.

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

On a wall in Cleveland, Ohio find the story of a highly connected fictional community of organisms that created remarkable, lasting structures.

An Iowa town celebrates its heritage with the tallest working Dutch windmill in North America.

Lured here by the promise of tens of thousands in gold, Jesse James started a quintessentially American trend of robbing trains in-motion.

Millions of dollars worth of sculpture decorate this Iowa city center.

A half-size replica of the World Trade Center towers above Tulsa.

Once called the "Polish Gold Coast" it is an icon of the neighborhood that bears its same name.

This abstract sculpture is rumored to cast a hammer-and-sickle shadow once a year.

Theater has had many different incarnations but has survived the ravages of time.

This bronze sculpture on a former squash court marks the secret origins of the Atomic Age.

An avant garde art museum at the University of Chicago.

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

Nonprofit art center that promotes outsider, intuitive, and self-taught art.

A hollow cement depiction of time's inexorable effect on the human body.

A gothic church spire sits atop this skyscraper, the tallest church in the world.

Take a drunken tour inside the world's largest known geode.

The world's tallest doric column is this Ohio monument to a naval victory in the War of 1812.

These beautiful wineries were at the center of Lake Erie's "grape belt" back when the Midwest dominated American wine production.

Deep scars on the earth left by the Ice Age.

An abandoned munitions factory with a shot tower continues to wage war on the surrounding environment.

Experience a charming 1930s version of "infotainment."

There are no crying babies in this neck of the woods.

The greatest amusement park in the world is wall-to-wall farting dogs, puking rats, and cows with exposed breasts for the whole family.